Creating Inclusive Workplaces by Bridging Generational Divides

In this session, we will cover the challenges and opportunities of a multigenerational workforce. We’ll highlight changing talent pools and demographics, the benefits of a multigenerational workplace, differences across generations, challenges in supporting a multigenerational workplace, and strategies to support the way forward (addressing biases, supporting flexibility and communication styles, updated standards, technology and workflows, boundaries and burnout, and respect).

Objectives: Gain an understanding of the importance of supporting a multigenerational workforce/workplace, promoting an understanding of common challenges as well as strategies for change for supporting people of all ages through inclusive communication, flexibility, challenging biases, and more.

Outcomes: A better understanding of the importance of a multigenerational workplace and strategies for supporting people of all ages at work.

Our presenter

Nancy Mitchell holds a masters degree in political science with a graduate collaborative specialization in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Toronto. Her professional background is in gender equality and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She previously worked as a consultant with UN Women supporting numerous initiatives including gender equality in the workplace and women entrepreneurship. She has also published multiple editions of the State of the Industry report with the Unstereotype Alliance on diversity and inclusion in advertising. At the Diversity Institute, Nancy leads work with public, private, and non-profit organizations to develop research and strategies to embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility within organizational processes. She has published action plans for the City of Markham, Vaughan, and Mississauga, publicly available specifications for the Standards Council of Canada, work with healthcare organizations and policy reviews related to workplace inclusion and wellbeing, foundational research like the The Socio-Economic Review of the Black Muslim Population in Canada, and experiential tools like the Micropedia of Microaggressions.